Der BürgerInnen-Rat ist eine neue Form der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Bevölkerung und Politik. Unter qualitätsvoller Moderation werden mit zufällig ausgewählten BürgerInnen einer Gemeinde oder Region an einem Wochenende Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen ausgearbeitet. Der BürgerInnen-Rat ist ein unparteiisches Sprachrohr der Bevölkerung und bringt Politik und Bürger wieder näher zusammen.
The Irish Constitutional Convention of 2013 is “a new venture in participative democracy in Ireland tasked with considering certain aspects of the Constitution to ensure that it is fully equipped for the 21st Century”.
The financial and economic crisis, of which we have heard so much discussion since 2007-8, is only one aspect of a whole series of underlying political trends which have been apparent for much longer: a crisis of (in)equality and of increased precarity of the workforce, a human rights crisis, a demographic crisis, an ecological crisis, a crisis in civil liberties, and above all a crisis in democracy.
The purpose of this document is to summarize the results of an exercise in small-scale, intensive public consultation regarding the problem of roaming horses on the West side of Okanagan Lake above Penticton. A Delphi approach using iterative web-based surveys was used to elicit and evaluate ideas from a selected panel of approximately 50 residents. The results provide a foundation for an RDOS-initiated horse control strategy for the area.
